Sjernarøyane
Sign in to saveSjernarøyane is an island group in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The islands are located in the Nedstrandsfjorden, west of the large island of Ombo and north of the large island of Finnøy. As of 2014, the islands were home to 365 residents. The Aubøsund strait, which runs between the islands of Aubø and Bjergøy was a historically important trading post.
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Sjernarøyane is an island group in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The islands are located in the Nedstrandsfjorden, west of the large island of Ombo and north of the large island of Finnøy. As of 2014, the islands were home to 365 residents. The Aubøsund strait, which runs between the islands of Aubø and Bjergøy was a historically important trading post.
thumb|left|upright|The Sjernarøyane islands are in the top part of this map The name comes from Old Norse word "Sjǫrn" which means the number seven, since historically the archipelago had seven inhabited islands. Today the Sjernarøyane islands refer to the group of many small and larger islands. The inhabited islands today include Kyrkjøy, Bjergøy, Eriksholmen, Tjul, Nord-Hidle, Aubø, Helgøy, and Nord-Talgje. The uninhabited islands include Hestholmen, Finnborg, Lundarøynå, Norheimsøynå, Norheimslamholmen, Staup, Fiskholmane, as well as many other smaller islands. Sjernarøy Church is located on the main island of Kyrkjøy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sjernarøyane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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